Maths Tricks Practice Worksheet
The trick (Choose a trick): × 9 → finger trick; × 4 → double double; × 10, 100, 1000 → slide and add zeros. 37, 12345679 or 111… → magic patterns; reverse and subtract → 1089. Puzzles: find the rule, the total or the leftover days, then check your answer.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.10 × 9 =
- 2.84 × 100 =
- 3.Take 881. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 14 24 | 26 18 10 | 12 ? 20. What is the missing number?
- 5.Half of 116 =
- 6.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 31 =
- 7.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 6. I got 34. What was my number?
- 8.8?81 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 9.33 × 4 =
- 10.9 × 100 =
- 11.734 × 10 =
- 12.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 48 (b) 36 (c) 42 (d) 49
- 13.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 6. I got 18. What was my number?
- 14.The ages of two twins add up to 8. How old is each twin?
- 15.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 16.123456789 × 8 + 9 =
- 17.456 × 10 =
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 25 ? 13 | 4 16 28 | 19 22 7. What is the missing number?
- 19.The 9th of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 29th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Monday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
- 20.396 + 693 =
- 21.Double 37 =
- 22.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 44. What was my number?
- 23.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 24.37 × 3 =
- 25.658 × 10 =
- 26.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 79 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Monday (d) Saturday
- 27.24 × 4 =
- 28.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 29.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 26 5 20 | ? 17 23 | 14 29 8. What is the missing number?
- 30.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 31.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 32.8 × 4 =
- 33.Double 66 =
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 35.297 + 792 =
- 36.50 × 4 =
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 60 =
- 38.Take 88 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 21 18 | 27 15 3 | 12 ? 24. What is the missing number?
- 40.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- 90
- 8400
- 693
- 22
- 58
- 496
- 7
- 1
- 132
- 900
- 7340
- 48
- 6
- 4
- 8
- 987654321
- 4560
- 10
- Tuesday
- 1089
- 74
- 14
- 4
- 111
- 6580
- Sunday
- 96
- 8
- 11
- 4
- 5
- 32
- 132
- 2
- 1089
- 200
- 1830
- 72
- 9
- 3
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